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• Hagar and Ishmael

  Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian maidservant, who bore Abraham a son, Ishmael, Abraham's firstborn. Their story appears in Genesis 16, 21, and 25, and Paul uses them allegorically in Galatians 4.

• Genesis 16

  Genesis 16 recounts how the childless Sarai gave her maidservant Hagar to Abram, leading to the birth of Ishmael. At its center is the scene in which Hagar, having fled, meets the angel of the LORD beside a spring in the wilderness and calls him "Thou God seest me," that is, the God who sees.

• Genesis 21

  Genesis 21 recounts the birth of Isaac in fulfillment of God's promise, the sending away of Hagar and her son and their rescue in the wilderness, and Abraham's covenant with Abimelech at Beersheba.

• Galatians 4

  The fourth chapter of Galatians, in which Paul uses the analogy of an underage heir who is no different from a servant and the allegory of Hagar and Sarah to argue that believers are not servants under the law but sons of God who inherit the promise.

• Wilderness

  The wilderness is arid land on which people find it difficult to settle and farm. In the Bible it is the place where Israel spent forty years after the Exodus, and it is portrayed as a setting of testing, of God's provision, and of new beginnings.

• Beersheba

  Beersheba was a town at the southern edge of the land of Judah, in the northern Negev. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob dug wells and worshiped God there, and the expression "from Dan to Beersheba" marks the southern boundary of Israel.

• Egypt

  Egypt (Korean Bible form 애굽, Aegup) is the ancient nation in the Nile River valley of northeastern Africa. It is the setting of the Joseph narrative and the Exodus, and in Scripture it serves as a place symbolizing both bondage and deliverance.

• Angel

  In the Bible, an angel is a spiritual being who serves God and conveys His will. The Hebrew mal'akh and the Greek angelos both mean "one who is sent," that is, a messenger.

• Angel of the Lord

  The Angel of the Lord is an Old Testament term for a being sent by God who appears to people and delivers his word. Because the angel sometimes speaks as though he were God himself, interpreters disagree about the angel's identity.

• Nebaioth

  Nebaioth was the firstborn son of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. His sister became the wife of Esau, and in the Book of Isaiah his name designates the tribe descended from him.

• Genesis 22

  In this chapter, Abraham, at God's command, sets out to offer his son Isaac as a burnt offering on a mountain in the land of Moriah. He is stopped, offers a ram in Isaac's place, and receives a renewed promise of blessing. The chapter ends with a list of Nahor's descendants.

• Galatians 5

  Galatians 5 is the chapter in which Paul urges believers to stand fast in the liberty they have in Christ, warns against seeking justification through circumcision, and calls them to use that freedom to serve one another in love, contrasting the works of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit.

• Hamartiology

  Hamartiology is the branch of systematic theology that deals with the nature, origin, spread, and consequences of sin. It focuses chiefly on original sin, actual sin, and the consequences of sin.

• Hadadezer

  Hadadezer, son of Rehob, was king of the Aramean kingdom of Zobah in the time of David. He was defeated by David in two campaigns, and as a result the Aramean region came under Israelite influence.

• Sin

  In Christianity, sin refers both to acts that transgress God's will and law and to the state of having departed from a right relationship with God. The sin that all humanity is held to have inherited from Adam is called original sin.

• People of the Land

  "People of the land" translates the Hebrew phrase *'am ha'aretz*. In the Old Testament, depending on period and context, it refers to the inhabitants of a land, the ordinary free citizens of Judah, or people outside the community of returned exiles. In later rabbinic literature it came to denote a person ignorant of the Law.

• Shobach

  Shobach was the commander of the army of Hadarezer (Hadadezer), an Aramean king, in the time of David. He led the Aramean coalition forces fighting against Israel and was killed when David's army defeated them.

• Ecclesiastes 10

  Ecclesiastes 10 opens with the proverb that a little folly spoils wisdom and then addresses, in a series of short sayings, conduct before a ruler, the hazards of work and the advantage of wisdom, restraint in speech, and the rise and fall of nations.

• Corrie ten Boom

  Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) was a Dutch Reformed Christian and watchmaker. During World War II she and her family hid Jews, for which she was imprisoned in a concentration camp. After surviving, she became known for her memoir The Hiding Place and her worldwide speaking tours.

• Theological Anthropology

  Theological anthropology is the branch of systematic theology that examines, in light of Scripture, who human beings are, where they came from, what condition they are in, and for what purpose they live.